The spiralling cost of switching off wind farms has come to light in new figures from tracker website Wasted Wind. Britain has spent more than £1bn on wasted wind power this year, raising questions over Ed Miliband’s plan to build thousands of new turbines across the UK. The spiralling cost of switching off wind farms has come to light in new figures from tracker website Wasted Wind. Reform has vowed to scrap net zero if it wins the next election, while suggesting that it would look to restart fracking. Richard Tice, the deputy leader of Reform, said: “Labour has spent over £1bn paying to turn off wind turbines while relying on gas plants instead.